The US and Iran hold their fire. The question is for how long

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on thin ice when he declared this week on the White House press podium that “Operation Epic Fury is concluded.” Mr. Rubio’s reference to the codename of the two-month-old US-Israeli assault on Iran echoes George W. Bush’s 2003 Iraq war “Mission Accomplished” declaration, eight years before the president withdrew US forces from the country. Even so, both the United States and Iran are, at least for now, careful to ensure that a four-week-old shaky ceasefire remains in place. The question is for how long. None of the combatants -the United States, Israel, and Iran - likely want the war’s lay of the land to settle into either a slow-grinding war of attrition or a long-term no war-no-peace situation.

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